Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 30, 1977
Place of Birth
Harvey, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- Nelson Ellis
Nelsan Ellis
Biography
Nelsan Ellis (born c. 1978) was an award-winning American film and television actor and playwright, perhaps best known as Lafayette Reynolds on HBO's True Blood.
He died on July 8, 2017, in Los Angeles, California, from complications with heart failure at the age of 39.
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Known For - Movies
The Help
as Henry The Waiter
The Stanford Prison Experiment
as Jesse Fletcher
The Butler
as Martin Luther King Jr.
Secretariat
as Eddie Sweat
Get On Up
as Bobby Byrd
The Soloist
as David Carter
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
as Wainwright
The Express
as Will Davis, Jr.
Warm Springs
as Roy Collier
Roxanne Roxanne
as Mr. Lester
